Race for Life 2010 for Cancer Research

I took part today in Cancer Research Race for Life...what an amazing experience and very emotional too. Most of the 3,000 people taking part had lost a loved one to Cancer and in memory wore signs on their backs. It was so moving to see young girls running for their Grandpas and middle aged women running for their kids....it was a happy event but also a very poignant moment...

I managed the 5K race and will hopefully do the same next year....

My son was impressed as I came home with a medal!!!

Now I am having a well deserved glass of wine and thinking how lucky I was to have so few names on my back today....

Smile...

And the world smiles with you...Frown and you frown alone...
I love a good giggle and my good friend EP posted this on facebook today...

The government is worried that mens willies are getting smaller. To find out how great the problem is, they have asked all men with penises smaller than 3" to put a white flag with a red cross on their car this summer... x x x

It made me chuckle....

Laughter is a great medicine...I think we all need a good laugh once a day!

Lets hope our boys do us proud in South Africa this Summer and don't cause us to frown!

PS For those of you....especially my follower in New York!!!...The joke refers to World Cup fever and our boys are footballers...

Well...its Saturday evening and hot in the City...Have a good evening and think about me tomorrow slogging it out for 5k race...why oh why did I not train for it??? My legs are weary at the thought of it but I love a challenge...bring it on!!!!!

Mummy I love you soooooo much...

Today LF said he loved me more than life itself....and that I was really pretty!! He said I was the best mummy in the world....and he said I was thin!!!
Then he asked me for Smarties!!! And it was only 10 am.....

What did I do????

Of course I asked him to repeat his adorations and then gave him Smarties!!!!

It is now 8.30pm and his request for Smarties is ignored...I may be pretty and thin but I have told him I was not born yesterday!!!!

Playdates!!

When I was a little girl I remember having friends over for tea. We would play outdoors, hit a tennis ball around, walk to the woods and generally find our own amusement until it was time for tea...usually a jam or cheese sandwich and lovely colourful biscuits as a treat..party rings I think they were called!!...Admittedly we almost set fire to the garage once by melting wax crayons in a plastic dustbin but the fact is we survived and we had fun!

LF has been to playdates and has been asked to take his Nintendo DS! I have heard from other parents of children arriving on playdates with their own DVDs to watch and battery chargers for their electronic devices...These kids are only 7 and it seems they just want to play computer games against each other or watch television.

Please don't get me wrong...I am not one of those "creative" mums who get the sticky back plastic, paint pots and any other arts and crafts materials out as soon as I have little ones in the house but I do think kids need to learn how to amuse themselves. LF is happy to play with his various Star Wars toys and lego ships and engage in pretend battles but a lot of his friends seem to want more. " I want a wee" is now replaced with "We want the wii"...

Today we are having a day with a very good friend of mine and her little boy. We shall take the boys for a 2 hour run-around at an indoor play place or perhaps the park and then go back to her place where no doubt the boys will wreck a load of toys whilst we sip a deserved glass of wine !

Times have changed...I guess modern technology is the future but I just wish we could hold off for longer...Why does a 7 year old need an I Touch?? Why do 2 year old have portable DVD players in their prams, Why do kids want to play wii so much...I guess its cos mummy is chatting on her mobile phone, tapping on the computer whilst sipping a glass of wine!!!!

Is any one out there???

A friend just called me to say she loved my blog!!! Then she asked who was reading it...

That got me thinking....

What if I just blogged away and no-one read it...To be honest I quite like blogging...when you write a blog it then gives you the option...PUBLISH NOW or SAVE DRAFT. If only life was like that...

So if you are reading this and want to read more please let me know!!

xx

The Sun is Shining...

Come on get Happy!!!

After complaining of yesterdays miserable weather what a lovely surprise to wake to blue sky and glorious sunshine.

I am hoping that Sunday's weather will be as nice because I am taking part in Cancer Research Race for Life on Hampstead Heath. Well, when I say Race I mean Walk! 2 Years ago I had a tumour removed from my thigh , along with one of my quadriceps, so my jogging days are over...to be honest I was never the jogging kind of girl! Thankfully my tumour was not cancerous but that was not discovered till 2 weeks after the initial biopsy and operation. A huge relief but also a real reminder how precious life is....

I am doing the Race on Sunday with my friend H who has recently been diagnoised with breast cancer...she is now on the mend and we shall both be walking, talking and hopefully raising lots of money for a wonderful charity. H and I have been friends for over 20 years so we should have lots to talk about whilst walking 5k!

Rainy Days and Half Term

Why oh why is it that Half Term week is always so unpredictable with the weather..

I had planned to take LF to Hampton Court Palace today as he is studying the Tudors at School but on waking to grey sky and rain we decided that a day building Lego was a better idea...Did the Tudors have Lego?? no idea,...I was never very good at History!!

Rhino, the latest addition to the family, was a spoil sport and slept all day...when he is awake all he does is bite so I am re-naming him Psycho!!

Today I watched a video that made me blub...check it out..

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2010/06/01/video-captures-baby-hearing-mum-for-the-first-time/?icid=main|uk-ws-bb|dl7|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentdish.co.uk%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2Fvideo-captures-baby-hearing-mum-for-the-first-time%2F

I think it shows how much we take for granted...

A friend of mine asked today..."Do you think we EVER stop worrying about our kids?"

I replied..."When we stop worrying about them is the day they start worrying about us!"